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GBST, CAER to offer quantitative ESG data tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
Global financial services technology provider GBST and corporate ESG research firm CAER - Corporate Analysis. Enhanced Responsibility are partnering on a quantitative ESG risk management tool aimed at superannuation funds and fund managers. The product ...

bankmecu, Foresters Community Finance partner on loan scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... the impact of their work in their communities. See Also: Community finance draws eye of institutional investors Christian Super allocates $6m to social enterprise fund

LGS audit finds ASX has higher carbon, lower ESG risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) has conducted a carbon and ESG audit of its equity portfolios and found that while domestic Australian equities are more carbon intensive, they have a lower ESG risk than international peers. Bill Hartnett The audits show ...

Investors weigh meaning of social return on investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... materiality, not overclaiming, transparency and verification. It can be used as a metric of value creation. The AU$575m Christian Super superannuation fund has selected Triodos for a microfinance mandate, and has made an AU$6m commitment to a social ...

GRESB joins forces with GRI to push sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... surveys have been used by more than 30 institutional investors for engagement with investments, including Local Government Super, AustralianSuper and Victorian Funds Management Corporation. "For investors, benchmarking sustainability performance provides ...

Fund manager: remuneration reports filled with "mumbo jumbo"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... to me that while listed companies are aggressively held to account on corporate governance and disclosure, fund managers, super funds even people at government agencies are let off the hook," he said. "If you believe in corporate governance and disclosure ...

Investors require more corporate ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... capital, financial reporting and market-related risks. For Bill Hartnett, head of sustainability at the AU$6bn Local Government Super (LGS), even where companies are reporting material ESG issues, there is often not enough analysis. LGS has integrated ...

LGS wins SuperRatings Infinity Award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) has been given the Infinity Award for sustainability leadership for the second year in a row by research firm SuperRatings. The Infinity Award recognises the superannuation fund that is practicing responsible investment ...

Emerald Wrap launches, joins UNPRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
The Emerald Wrap, a dedicated responsible investment, superannuation and pension platform, has added RaboDirect, a division of Rabobank Australia, as a second term deposit provider to Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, and will become a signatory to the UN ...

New South Wales announces first social benefit bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... rate of recidivism is a government priority. See Also: Community finance draws eye of institutional investors Christian Super allocates $6m to social enterprise fund